Medieval village unearthed in the Scottish Borders

Archaeologists have unearthed an undiscovered medieval village in the Borders.

The settlement would have spanned around half a kilometre in a field in the present day village of Philiphaugh, near Selkirk.

The remains were discovered during a Scottish Water project to lay new water mains between Howden and Yarrowford Water Treatment Works.

Archaeologists were on site looking out for potential items of interest while the work was going on.

Examination of crop marks on aerial photographs of the field initially suggested there may have been an Anglo-Saxon settlement on the site.

However, closer inspection of an area around a trench alongside the A708 suggests there may have been a medieval village sited there.